was arrested for attacking ANOTHER boy in 2019 The rabbi accused of raping his adoptive sons was arrested in 2019 on suspicion of attacking another boy but was released on bond and allowed to return home where 'the abuse continued' for four years until his arrest last month.
Hayim Nissim Cohen - whose real name is Jeffrey Lujan Vejil - is now in custody on suspicion of raping at least six of his nine adoptive sons. The obese 38-year-old is also accused of faking his Jewish heritage and chronic illness.
Cohen was taken into custody after one of his adoptive sons, 18, called a podcast begging for help. Since then, two other boys have told police that he abused them.
Six of his children who are still minors have now been taken into foster care. They are nine, 10, 14, 15, 16 and 17.
It remains unclear which adoption agency he used, how he was vetted, or why he was able to adopt so many boys.